Concurrent and Longitudinal Links between Children's and Their Friends' Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior in Preschool

Autor/inn/en	Eivers, Areana R.; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Borge, Anne I. H.
Titel	Concurrent and Longitudinal Links between Children's and Their Friends' Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior in Preschool
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27 (2012) 1, S.137-146 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.05.001
Schlagwörter	Prosocial Behavior; Antisocial Behavior; Gender Differences; Questionnaires; Longitudinal Studies; Friendship; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Measures (Individuals); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Fragebogen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Freundschaft; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Messdaten
Abstract	Concurrent and longitudinal links between children's own and their nominated best friends' antisocial and prosocial behavior were studied in a normative sample of 3-5-year-olds (N = 203). Moderating effects of age and gender were also explored. Subscales of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) were used to obtain teacher ratings of behavior for each target child and his/her nominated best friends. Nomination of best friends with higher levels of antisocial behavior and lower levels of prosocial behavior was concurrently linked to more antisocial behavior in boys. Nomination of highly prosocial best friends was concurrently linked to more prosocial behavior in both boys and girls. However, the study found no longitudinal effects of best friends' behavior on target child's behavior over a one-year period. A group of children who nominated no best friends at T1 were generally perceived as less prosocial, but not more antisocial, than other children. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10